eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Finalists, selected by expert reviewers, represent the most innovative and impactful products from education technology developers, online learning services and related learning-focused technologies. on behalf of CDWG Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK–8 STEMscopes Science, Accelerate Learning Inc.

IXL Learning 60

IXL Learning Technology Pearson Education 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March.

Company 145

Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

MOOC 113

MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 113

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

The National Council on Teacher Quality, a think tank that evaluates teacher preparation programs, doesn’t collect data related to remote learning or online education, says its director of strategic communications. Those include: Students who build routines for completing their online classes tend to get better results.

Education 203

Education Handbook Course Elementary 203

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

Revenue from its main business—helping colleges run online graduate programs—reached $118.5 Its other offerings—short-term courses from GetSmarter and its Trilogy line of bootcamps, reported a 216 percent revenue increase, to $57 million, over the same period. 2U The bottom line: Q1 2020 revenue for 2U hit $175.5

Company 98

Company Chegg EdTech Pearson 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. He’d made honor roll before the pandemic hit, but ended the 2020-21 school year failing all four courses, Murphy said. At Stride Inc.,

E-rate 124

E-rate Pearson Company Report 124

EdNews Daily

JANUARY 5, 2018

Patience and active listening are also essential for students to find success in an online and international classroom. Build Unique Activities : If possible, teachers should incorporate more than individual feedback into the course curriculum. Green Team Educators.

Pearson 236

Pearson Video Examples Groups 236

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Byju’s claims its online learning app, which offers instructional videos, live classes and practice questions, is now used by more than 57 million students. Over the years, Byju’s has acquired several assets to shore up its offerings, including Edurite and TutorVista, from Pearson in 2017. The highest-valued private U.S.

EdTech 115

EdTech Chegg Udemy Industry 115

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 7, 2020

As I learned many weeks ago from my interview with Jennifer Pearson , a teacher who had been teaching her students in China remotely for many weeks, this is NOT the time to throw a bunch of new tools at our teachers and students. Jennifer Pearson learned early on that you cannot replicate the school schedule every day at home.

Pearson 101

Pearson Learning EdTech Google 101

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2017

51Talk (or “China Online Education Group”), China’s leading online education platform and the first from China listed on the NYSE (NYSE: COE), was invited to attend the summit alongside education industry leaders such as Pearson, Amazon, and YouTube.

MOOC 216

MOOC Education Industry Company 216

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Every week, students submit feedback about the course and how it’s going. Six metrics drive student success, and Trilogy pays close attention to them, tweaking courses constantly to make sure students stay on track. We instantly offer help,” Chou said, “either to coach the student or the instructor.”.

Analysis 94

Analysis Data Pearson Outcomes 94

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

But for some online education companies, the upheaval represents a chance to profit. Connections Academy, the virtual school run by Pearson, saw “strong increases in application volumes” in March. A slight increase maybe, but “you’re never going to get a lot of kids going to school online because you still need a teacher,” Silber said.

Company 93

Company Facebook Pearson Education 93

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Esme Learning Solutions is banking on artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative learning experiences and relationships with some of the biggest universities in the world to set them apart from the crowd. million Series A that will expand its range of intensive executive-level courses and digital learning tools.

Pearson 129

Pearson MOOC Digital Learning EdTech 129

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Backdrop to the raise is a growing market and demand for online courses. Nearly 12 percent of all undergraduate students, and about a quarter of graduate students, are enrolled in full time online degree programs, according to the 2017 The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report.

Company 67

Company Pearson Report Course 67

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

“At Savvas, we have made it our mission to give educators and families the solutions they need so that their students can get the most out of their learning, no matter where it takes place this year.”. This includes lesson plans, instructional tools, and readiness assessments specifically geared for distance learning.

Learning 52

Learning Assessment Pearson Student Engagement 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Even though the biggest leap forward of the last few decades, for example — delivering courses online — appears to have lowered costs , the graduation rates of online higher education remain much lower than those of programs taught in person. SNHU, in a collaboration with the education company Pearson, is testing AI grading.

Course 106

Course Pearson Accessibility Company 106

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

Courseware in Context (CWiC) framework aims to categorize and compare the range of emerging products that faculty are using to teach their online and blended courses. The CWiC framework defines it as “instructional content that is scoped and sequenced to support delivery of an entire course through purpose-built software.”.

Tools 60

Tools Outcomes Pearson Software 60

edWeb.net

MAY 25, 2021

While teachers and administrators were doing double duty with virtual and in-person classes, there were many kids that did better with online learning. Virtual professional learning is taking over. Previously, Kathy held the position of Executive Vice President Education Alliances for the Pearson Foundation.

Industry 52

Industry Trends Pearson Professional Learning 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? It affects whether or not the LMS supports student learning.

System 85

System LMS Schoology Social Media 85

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2024

Leaders in the sector, including 2U, Coursera and Keypath, never made a profit on the activity, and Pearson and Wiley sold off their OPM offshoots in recent months when the going got rough. If you do it yourself, you take the longer road, adapting to online learning.” When faculty gained experience, online was demystified.”

Coursera 157

Coursera Education Pearson Company 157

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

One of the first tips I learned from Jennifer Pearson in this podcast interview , was to use a checklist for students. Ready to Learn More About Google Classroom? Learn all about the new updates to Google Classroom and take your skills to the next level. If you are all using Google Classroom, use it consistently.

Google 101

Google Classroom Learning Resources 101

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

One of the first tips I learned from Jennifer Pearson in this podcast interview , was to use a checklist for students. Ready to Learn More About Google Classroom? Learn all about the new updates to Google Classroom and take your skills to the next level. If you are all using Google Classroom, use it consistently.

Google 36

Google Classroom Learning Resources 36

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

What’s the current state of online learning? A new report from Babson, Pearson, the Online Learning Consortium et al, Grade Level ( pdf ), offers some intriguing observations about campus strategy and leadership. The deans are pushing hard for online learning, generally, while professors are not.

Online Learning 40

Online Learning Report OER Pearson 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

As a result, more students are turning to used books, rentals, shared copies, illegal downloads, and other online sources. As the financial viability of printed textbooks declines little by little, the demand for alternatives like online learning content continues to grow. How Learning Objects Help Mobile Learning.

Digital Learning 101

Digital Learning Learning eBook Flipped Classroom 101

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Sueann Galt, STEM Coordinator Does the use of ‘Learning Menus’ increase students’ intrinsic motivation? - Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already!

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg’s wife and his partner in the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is the chair of Summit Learning’s board.) They argue that Summit is not your average private vendor and, because of its ties to Silicon Valley, is different even from educational heavyweights like Macmillan and Pearson.

Personalized Learning 101

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 101

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.” Not that that’ll stop folks from hawking " precision education , " of course. Via NPR : “ New Jersey Attorney General On Investigating For-Profit Colleges.”

Education 47

Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero. “Websites that offer students online study guides and tutoring services grow, but faculty members find they raise copyright and academic integrity issues – as case at U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows.” The Chinese online learning company has raised $40.14

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Rafter, a course material provider that was an early advocate of and provider for this bundling of textbooks and tuition, closed its doors in 2016 , having raised more than $86 million.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

“Is there an elegant way to administer exams in online courses ?” Once upon a time, I’d have put Udacity in the MOOC section above, but I’m sticking this profile by RealClear Education here in the job training section: “Online Educator Udacity Adapts Courses to Changing Labor Market.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.” “ Pearson gets emergency test scoring contract from Tennessee ,” Chalkbeat reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” Via Edsurge : “How Udacity Decides What Subjects To Offer Courses In (And Why It Isn’t Doing New University Partnerships).” ” That figure is K12 Inc founder Ron Packard.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers.

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). UC Berkeley says it will remove online course content in response to a Department of Justice assertion that the materials violate the ADA as they are not fully accessible to those with disabilities. ” More on test scores and ed-tech in the research section below.

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” a month.). .” ” (Wow. .”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47